Federal prosecutors on Monday announced charges against eight people whom they alleged smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars worth of counterfeit and illegal goods from China into the United States by using the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Federal prosecutors have announced charges in an apparent large-scale smuggling scheme worth millions of dollars from China into the United States.

Federal authorities have arrested eight individuals in connection with a large-scale smuggling operation that allegedly brought counterfeit and illegal goods from China into the United States through the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.